Biblical Coins
Lot 3934 SESSION 13 (9.30am Friday) Biblical Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $70
PHOENICIA-SAMARIA, local Athenian imitation (c.375-346 B.C.), silver obol, (0.794 grams), probably struck at Gaza, obv. head of Athena to right, rev. owl standing to right, head facing, to right downwards partial A **Q* [E], (cf.S.2530, SNG ANS (Palestine) 15, cf.Samaria Hoard No. 270ff.). Hoard patina, off centred obverse, otherwise good fine/very fine.
Ex William B. Porter Collection. The inclusion of Athenian imitations in the Samaria hoard, establishes the existance of a local mint (possibly Gaza or Ascalon [Numismatic Chronicle 1996, pps 1-9, (A hoard of 31 coins of this type was found at Ascalon], striking this coinage for local acceptance and to supplement the distinctive local coinage of Samaria. The hoard was buried about 346-5 B.C. and thus the chronological implications indicate this issue to be prior to that date.
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